Verse 24
Amos 5:24
American Standard Version
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But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יִגַּ֥ל כַּ/מַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה כְּ/נַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן
English Translation
And justice will flow like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
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2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is non...
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3
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and...
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4
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
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5
but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go...
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6
Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour,...
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7
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
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8
[seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and...
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9
that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
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10
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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11
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built...
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12
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the ju...
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13
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
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14
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of hosts, will be with y...
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15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God...
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16
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad...
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17
And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
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18
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkn...
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19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on...
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20
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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21
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
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22
Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither wil...
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23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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24
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25
Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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26
Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god,...
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27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the Go...
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